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Kemps

What is the best part of working at the company?
There are so many resources at my disposal to assist me in doing the best job I can do while retaining a flexible work life balance. There are certainly days where we may work more than your typical 8-hour shift, but you most of the time you know well ahead of time and accommodations have always been made for me if needed. Leadership understands work life balance but also challenges me to do the best job I can and sets me up for success. I love it here. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Busy season (November - December) can absolutely be challenging with long days, but they also make it fun and exciting to be at work! 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Culture is incredible. It is a well-run organization that always clarifies any communication that goes out. Leadership is very kind and always willing to lend an ear or a hand, whatever I have ever needed. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Start early, check emails, catch up on what needs to be done on my self made weekly to do list, and execute sales plans that have been laid out clearly. I hit stores most days, and work from home from time to time to catch up on other tasks that need to get done.

This is Not a positive environment. HR wants to fire you. Your Manager doesn't care about you. Policies are obtuse. You will walk up and down stairs All day long. When equipment fails you haven't the resources to finish.  Co-workers are rude. You have a question.. prepare to be criticized. Machine Operators are watching movies on their phones. 60% of the workforce is entitled, 40% want to be. Compromise you work ethic to fit in. You will be cold and your feet will be wet everyday. Kemps is "The Jungle."

What is the best part of working at the company?
At first I thought that I would adapt to complete chaos, but that was never the case.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
This is a Food Processing plant ! but the reality is that this is a dirty and disorganized place, full of mold and rust. As far as the staff is concerned, you would have to see it for yourself because there are good people, but in general it is not a pleasant place to work.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Lack of respect at all levels where verbal abuse can be considered the norm

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Fast pace, frustrating, you can have the best intention of doing things well, but this would not change things.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Your breaks. And every once in a blue moon you'll get fed by thr company. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
You get treated extremely poorly by the "managers" "managing" the plant. They'll lie straight to your face and tell you how much they care about you but turnaround and treat you like you're just a number no matter if you've worked there for 5 years or 35 years. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Hostile at its finest. Some days are a little better when  you're not getting lied to left and right. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Clock in, try your best at not getting treated poorly while doing your job, clock out..

There is absolutley no room for advancement no matter how much effort you put forth. The relationship between workers and management is iffey. Most workers don't trust them and feel that they are nothing but trained monkeys or small cogs easily replaced with no real care for their well being. Their is a real disconnect between the two levels, that could one day boil over. The people I worked with seemed kind and easy to get along with, there are exceptions of course. The pay and benefits were quite nice.

Absolutely the worse place to work on earth. Dirty, germ infested, wet, cold, people are excessively immature, it's loud. There is no organization. No Supervision. The management team changes often. Personnel in key roles don't even understand the what is happening around them. Too busy putting out fires to get control of production needs and goals. Truly function in the dark here. Stay away, wait a few more days for another offer. Very regretful to waste time there.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The benefits maybe???? I have no idea. It’s definitely not the unionized drivers 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Let’s see- the union- the drivers that are enormous babies about every little thing that management does!!!

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Stressful- management beats their chest-!constantly telling you you’re not doing your job 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Crazy- especially when the cooler has to short loads for one reason or another- and you have to creatively schedule specials to appease sales and the customers

	36 direct reports
	Assemble and build customers’ orders into full route truckload quantities using two separate interfaced operating systems: AS400 and DMS. 
	Helped implement software ERMS web based ordering to replace JDE operating system. 
	Direct cross functional communication with production, order entry, distribution, customers and sales staff. 
	Schedule daily production of milk products to meet order fulfillment. 
	Supervise all plant employees. 
	Average of 80 truckloads per day and 800,000 fluid gallons of milk on average produced and distributed each week. 
	Very fast paced highly visible position.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The pay was the best part. They pay really well for unskilled labor.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The location is in a rough part of town. Since it is mostly union, if you are low on the seniority list, you are more likely to have to work a lot more hours.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
In most areas the work is heavy lifting.  The culture seems very negative. The ones that know the most are usually asked to do most of the work.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
You punch in, do the best you can, and go home.

I had a very bad experience with this company. The service was poor and the environment was not welcoming. I would not recommend it to anyone.

My experience working at this company was very disappointing. I was expected to perform my job without proper training or support. The work environment felt toxic, and management did not seem focused on helping employees succeed. Because of this experience, I would not recommend working at this company.

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